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Dareon 1.5% Margin of Error

Joined: 08 Jul 2002 Posts: 313 Location: Alaska, you fools! Stop being surprised!
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Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2004 11:45 am Post subject: RTSG Round Three: Enemies in the Darkness |
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Round Three
Enemies in the Darkness
Rain drummed down on the contestants as the mists faded, causing one or two to complain about their hair. Ralph stood in front of them as usual, shielding his handheld from the rain with one hand and staring intently at the screen. He looked up.
"Oh, good. Well... Welcome to Gohda Castle, universe TNC 49802. Something seems to be wrong, but I haven't been able to find any discrepancy between our itinerary and our current location..."
A scream punctuated the end of his sentence, and a masked body fell off the wall behind him, bouncing wetly on the stones. Blood leaked from a gaping slash in the body's neck onto the ground, a brilliant red stain fading quickly under the driving rain. The small man turned slightly and raised one eyebrow at it before pivoting back to face the crowd.
"Well. It appears the castle has a slight ninja problem. Still, I doubt too many of you will have a problem with that. You are, after all, highly skilled warriors for the most part. And you certainly did enough damage in the last rounds..."
Just then, an arrow flew over the wall, dropping towards Ralph. As it neared him, the shaft snapped, and the broken arrow dropped to the sodden earth less than a foot behind him. A few of the contestants could have sworn they saw what looked like a long, narrow strip of paper darting back under the tails of his gray tweed suit coat.
"Oh, and watch out for archers." With a smile, Ralph disappeared in a swirl of smoke that was quickly dispersed by the wind.
Location: Gohda Castle, Tenchu 2
Special Rule: Ninnnnnnjaaaaaaaa... VANISH!
Gohda Castle, home of Lord Gohda Matsunoshin, is a beautiful example of feudal Japanese architecture. It's also riddled with arrows, on fire, and infested with ninjas. In addition, it's dark and raining, which makes for a happy time for the whole family. The reason for the rain and dark is simple timing, but the ninjas, fire, and arrows are from an attack by Matsunoshin's brother, Motohide, assisted by the ninja group known as the Burning Dawn.
Unfortunately, there's not a lot you can do here that doesn't involve combat. The three factions in the castle will most likely attack you on sight unless they have a really good reason not to. The castle defenders and the three members of the Azuma Ninja clan will take you for intruders, and the ninjas of the Burning Dawn will think you're with the castle defenders. Tough break, eh? Good reason to be sneaky, at least.
For those that actually own Tenchu 2, this round is exactly like the third missions of Rikimaru and Ayame (First mission for Tatsumaru). For those unfamiliar with it, this area is a typical feudal Japanese castle. Stone foundations and exterior walls, wood floors and select walls, and rice paper dividing walls elsewhere. The only other detail that might make a difference is that the roofs are covered in blue tiles.
You can easily find weapons here. The castle defenders and attacking samurai carry katanas and spears for the most part, and you can get ninja swords, kamas, or bows off the Burning Dawn ninjas. It's quite possible you could kill or otherwise defeat one or more of the Azuma Ninjas or Lords of the Burning Dawn that are present, and can if you want, as I have no plans for using them in the overstory.
Major NPCs:
Lord Gohda Matsunoshin: Wears an elaborate set of clothing. Would be reluctant to fight.
Gohda Motohide: Wears full black-and-gold samurai armor. Will fight you if you get in his way, pulling a gun (flintlock pistol) if you prove difficult.
Rikimaru: One of the Azuma Ninja. a 20-year old man, wielding the standard ninja sword. Focused more on his mission of protecting Lord Gohda, he would be more inclined to escape or disable anyone else attacking him.
Ayame: One of the Azuma Ninja. A girl, about 16 years old. Wouldn't hesitate to fight anyone with her twin knives, especially if they had insulted her. Has a sharp wit and an even sharper tongue.
Tatsumaru: The oldest of the three Azuma Ninja present, Tatsumaru is a calm and intelligent 23-year-old man. He carries the ancestral Azuma Ninja sword "Izayue" (Or something, I'm not sure how it's spelled.), but will mainly use his fists and feet in combat.
Genbu: One of the Lords of the Burning Dawn. A large, rather dumb man wielding two large stone fish as clubs. Resembles a turtle in his clothing style.
Seiryu: One of the Lords of the Burning Dawn. Wears a blue bodysuit-like affair and a blue dragon mask. Wields a sickle-and-chain.
Kagami: Leader of the Burning Dawn. Wears what can only be described as the samurai equivalent of a chainmail bikini. Wields a nodachi.
Special Rule: Ninnnnnnjaaaaaaaa... VANISH! Seeing as this is a round full of ninjas, stealth is going to be important to you, too. All votes and ability uses this round must be private, except those dictated as necessarily public by means of a Twin Sword. No items may be used, but you may still pass items publicly. You may publicly counter or dodge a Twin Sword A-vote. This special rule does not affect your story posts, and you may be as stealthy as a greased weasel or as obvious as a rhino playing the drums. You may even attack people in story posts, and you may or may not have actually sent a vote at them. Suspense! Thrills! Ambiguity! Sus- I said suspense already, didn't I? Remember, e-mail those votes to neored13@pobox.mtaonline.net . I will NOT accept any other means of private voting. And remember to put in which user you are or which character you're sponsoring.
Really Trivial Pursuits
1) What is the difference between the grappling hook in Tenchu and the grappling hook in Tenchu 2?
2) How does the effect of the blowgun differ between using it on an unaware enemy versus an enemy alerted to your presence?
3) Does a dog have Buddha-nature?
Round Two Answers
1) Loki.
2) 65 Steel.
3) Vocal or Mushroom. The house is in the area where Vocal usually spawns, and Black Mushrooms always spawn in or around it.
Ancient Ninja Clan of the Gray Businessman
Musculotonics
Drizzt Do'Urden - FRN 40231 - Rain - Guenwhyvar - 23 WP, 11 JP
Conker - CNK 00003 - AsylumXKP - 17 WP, 9 JP
Keitaro Urashima - LVH 00984 - Moogle - Tama-chan - 31 WP, 19 JP
Master Chief - HLO 07074 - Peptuck - Cortana - 21 WP, 11 JP
Queen Brahne - ZDN 30201 - Simplistic Hero - 15 WP, 9 JP
Red Okonogi (Alkaiser) - SGF 69580 - Thirdtwin - 23/28 WP, 11/16 JP
Cerebrotonics
Edward Wong Hau Pipelu Tivrusky IV - BBP 02438 - BlackMage - 6/11 WP, 18/23 JP
Culex - SMR 42860 - Wayne - 11 WP, 23 JP - Twin Sword
Lisa - SKN 29875 - Luna - Guri the Goblin - 16 WP, 28 JP
Bud - SKN 29875 - Nif - 11 WP, 14 JP
Darth Malak - STW 65208 - San Draco - 8/13 WP, 14/19 JP
Viscerotonics
Sora - HCK 25006 - Baka - 23 WP, 23 JP
Jedah Dohma - VSV 79523 - LordLocke - 17 WP, 17 JP
Hisame Shizumaru - SAM 29823 - CarlyCheeese - 14 WP, 14 JP
Cyan Garamonde - WOR 87349 - Magus - 22 WP, 22 JP - Twin Sword
Sly Cooper - SLY 28930 - Procyon - 22 WP, 22 JP
Tachibana Asuka - SYD 32684 - Seril - 17/22 WP, 17/22 JP
Nova Shido - RYE 57230 - Helmar - Mokona - 24 WP, 24 JP - Twin Sword
Jason Soe - EVM 00002 - Curley W - 17 WP, 17 JP
Akira Kazama - RVS 37305 - Kyo - 17 WP, 17 JP
Fallen
Muscle Cramps
Knight Rayjack - IZN 00522 - Pin - 8 WP, 6 JP
Terry Bogard - KOF 92004 - Switchblade - 8 WP, 6 JP
Nosferatu Zodd - BZK 39325 - Tenshi Kain
Brain Farts
Khrima - ADV 00230 - Alexander Krizak
Yoshi - MAR 69875 - net-cat - 8 WP, 14 JP
Bellyaches
Bruce Wayne (Batman) - DCC 62579 - Coin
Nabeshin - EXL 00001 - JSG
Darth Revan - STW 10094 - Onyx - HK-47 - 11 WP, 11 JP
Sidekicks
Kirby - KRB 25889 - Bugenhagen - Viscerotonic
Toadette - MAR 59602 - Fnord - Paratrooper - Viscerotonic - 9 WP, 9 JP
AquaMan - RKM 52922 - Glinda - Musculotonic
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Items gained will be listed next round. There are more abilities available. I hope all that's right, I sweated over it long enough. And may whichever deity you happen to pray to have mercy on my soul for an all-private round.
The round will end 20 hours from now, or at 7 AM my time (GMT -9).
When the metal meets the meat, be holding the metal.
Edit: Malak has 13 max WP, not 11. Minor math fart.
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Seril Eternity Eight

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Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2004 11:46 am Post subject: |
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FIRST _________________
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Thirdtwin the original -SHINING JUSTICE-

Joined: 02 Jul 2002 Posts: 782 Location: in a box of mistery
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Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2004 11:52 am Post subject: |
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2st! _________________ TT
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Lisa Pumpkin Queen

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Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2004 12:12 pm Post subject: |
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Third! |
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Rain The Hunter

Joined: 05 Jan 2004 Posts: 160 Location: Colorado Springs
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Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2004 12:13 pm Post subject: |
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Second place is first loser. _________________
14WP-5JP-0A-0R-1Cure |
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net-cat &non-breaking space;

Joined: 04 Jul 2002 Posts: 497 Location: Under a mountain of PHP. HELP!!!
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Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2004 12:19 pm Post subject: |
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FLOOR(π + e)th! |
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Seril Eternity Eight

Joined: 29 Apr 2004 Posts: 135 Location: Lost Ground
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Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2004 12:37 pm Post subject: |
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Once Ralph was done speaking, Asuka looked around. He saw Nova, but that was it. He turned to her, "Red and Shizumaru seem to of taken off. I wonder-" Asuka was cut off by a flaming shuriken aimed straight for his head. Manifesting his alter, he quickly formed a forcefield that blocked the attack. "Ahem. This place doesn't look too hospitable. It would be a good idea for us to stick together. Now not only do we have the other contestants to worry about, but enemies from this realm as well."
Nova nodded, "Good idea." She began to frown a little, "You know... eventually we will have to fight each other. There can only be one winner."
Asuka nodded grimly, "I know. But this isn't the time to speak of such things." Asuka pointed forward to five ninjas advancing on the duo.
Nova sighed, "All of this fighting. It can't be helped, it seems. FLARE ARROW!" An arrow of fire materialized, and subsequently nuked the ninjas.
"Let's get going." Both of them nodded, and they began cautiously walking around the castle. _________________
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Lisa Pumpkin Queen

Joined: 03 Jul 2002 Posts: 1813 Location: Fa'Diel
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Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2004 12:37 pm Post subject: |
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"Whew, we lost them." Bud wiped some sweat off his brow. They'd been warped to the new location just as it seemed Celia, Clove, Uru-chan, K Dash, Ovelia, and Mimzit were closing in on them, brandishing all sorts of deadly weapons.
Although, come to think of it, their current situation wasn't much better, what with the fire, rain, arrows, ninjas, etc. They seemed to have jumped from the proverbial frying pan - not to be confused with the one Bud carried around that had once belonged to the twins' late mother - into the proverbial fire.
"Our situation has not improved," Guri groused, showing a fine grasp of the obvious.
"Gee, you think?" Lisa asked sarcastically as she picked yet another remnant of the poor squished Poporing off her clothes and threw it at Guri.
"OW! Will you two STOP throwing those things at me?!" Guri stomped his foot on the ground in frustration.
"It's your fault we even have this stuff on our clothes in the first place!" Lisa shot back. "If you hadn't jumped on that poporing -"
"- then he wouldn't have green stuff stuck to his butt," Bud finished, snickering and pointing at Guri. "Look, Lisa!"
"WHAT?" Guri spun around in a circle, craning what little neck he had in an attempt to see his own rear end. "What the hell....AUGH! This is intolerable!"
"Heehee, that's what you get for sabotaging our world domination efforts, slave," Bud chortled.
"Good job, Guri!" Lisa was laughing almost as hard as Bud.
"I HATE YOU BOTH!"
"Yeah, yeah, we love ya too, slave." Bud waved a hand dismissively. "Anyway....you know where we have to go, right, Lisa?"
"Um....OH!" Lisa's eyes lit up with devilish understanding. "The kitchens, right?"
"Of course." Bud grinned evilly. "Let's see what we can find there to further our army! MWAHAHAHAHA!"
"Bud....no, never mind."
And so the three set off for the kitchens, the goblin still trying to remove the poporing remains from his butt.
Meanwhile, back in Rune-Midgard....
<Clove> damn it ><
<Uru-chan> We lost them :<
<Celia> Awww
<K Dash> damn noobs :E
<Ovelia> well, wheneber they decise to log back in, we'll catch them
<Ovelia> *whenever
<Ovelia> *decide
<Ovelia> -_-
<Clove> *pats Ovelia*
<Mimzit> XDDD
<Ovelia> *is patted*
<Ovelia> ._.
<K Dash> well
<K Dash> now that they're gone, let's go hunt baph :E
<Uru-chan> nooooo~
<Uru-chan> scawwy~ xD
<Uru-chan> *hides* XD
<Celia> Don't worry, I'll heal you XD
<Mimzit> heal plz
<Mimzit> XD
Unfortunately for them, Bud and Lisa never logged back in, but perhaps it is for the best, after all.... _________________
PUMPKIN POWER
Thanks for the lovely sig & avatar, Nif! |
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Procyon Raccoon Master Thief

Joined: 05 Jul 2003 Posts: 210 Location: Socorro, NM
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Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2004 12:47 pm Post subject: 3-1 |
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Getting out of that place... got a little complicated, with the go-karts spinning around, jelly-creatures and monkeys attacking everything in sight ... not to mention pianos dropping out of the sky at random. But with the new necklace and candleholder safely stashed away, I managed to stay out of sight, and even had a little time to appreciate the buildings' architecture before we were carried off to our next destination.
Sly Cooper
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Battle of the Blackness
The first thing Sly noticed is that it was dark. Really dark. A drenching rain poured down from the clouds above, scattering off the pavement in a loud pattering sound. Torches burned from the battlements of a large stone structure nearby, and as Sly's eyes rapidly adjusted to the darkness he could see the signs of a large number of armored humans not far away, equipped with all manner of torches and other weapons; and the sounds of arrows whooshing back and forth echoed amongst the loud background of the rain itself.
Sly smiled, and tossed his cane into the air, catching it as it fell to earth. Not only did the dark conceal his form, but the loud raindrops disguised his footsteps. This was a round befitting a raccoon master thief.
"... Come in, Sly!"
Sly reached for his binocucom. "Hey."
"I finished the analysis on those objects. They do appear to be relics of some sort of ancient civilization, though I'm still not quite sure what their function is. The white crest seems to be just a plating component of some sort of large machine... but the other object is filled with wires, inductors, low-pass filters, fiber waveguides... the works!"
"So what does it do?"
"Don't know. I'm not even sure it still works, or if it belongs on its own. You'll have to take it back here when you're done.
"Alright. You got any new information on this place yet?"
"My scanners indicate that this is some sort of old Japanese castle... but, it's in the middle of a huge battle! Sly, this place is far too dangerous - I think you should probably just find a place to rest for a while and -"
"Night finally comes, and I'm going to spend it sleeping? No can do, partner. I'm going in there."
Bentley sighed. "Oh, all right, Sly... were you at least able to find any information on the others?"
"Yeah, I got something right here..." Sly pulled out the hefty binder from his bag.
"Fantastic! I'll wire this information into your binocucom right away. This will let you find out information on all the other competitors, right from the viewfinder!"
Sly nodded to himself. "Good work, Bentley."
"Anyway - the connection is beginning to break up again, so I'll let you get going. Just remember... there's a war going on in there, so stay out of sight! Use your invisibility, but remember, it won't work once"... the audio crackled... "spotted. Good luck!"
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A-votes: ?/5
R-votes: ?/5
WP: ?/22
JP: ?/22 _________________
Description 1: Police Dossier
Description 2: The Thievius Raccoonus Online
Chapter 0: Return to Paris 0-1 0-2
Chapter 1: Seas of Peril 1-1 1-2 1-3 1-4 1-5 1-6 1-7
Chapter 2: A Grim Gothic Game 2-1 2-2 2-3 2-4 2-5 2-7 2-8 2-9
Chapter 3: Battle of the Blackness 3-1 3-2 3-3 3-4 3-5 3-6 3-7
Current Location: Making a getaway from the ninjas. |
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Peptuck The Warthog...of DOOM!

Joined: 05 Nov 2003 Posts: 554 Location: On Halo and loving it
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Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2004 12:50 pm Post subject: |
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Deployment +48 hours: 03 minutes: 21 seconds (SPARTAN 117 Mission Clock)/ Gohda Castle, Tenchu universe
Master Chief made the last couple of adjustments on his MJOLNIR, and reactivated his shields. There was a flash, a shower of sparks and then the shield indicator bar up in the corner of his HUD appeared, fully charged. He sighed slightly in relief. It was good to be back at full capacity.
"Quaint," Cortana commented. "The environment appears to be an ancient Japanese fuedal castle back in the middle ages. And it looks like this one's under attack in the middle of rainstorm in the night. All we need now ar elong-haired samurai and a flock of doves and we'd have the perfect cliche."
John didn't respond to Cortana's commentary, instead scanning the area. She was right for the most part. His audio recievers detected the clanging of metal on metal, shouting orders, cries of victory and death, whizzing arrows, and the like. The environment was in chaos, with dozens, or even hundreds, of targets moving around on John's threat detectors, weaving into a furious tangle of violent, bloody, and chaotic death.
Aside from the technology difference, the Master Chief felt at home.
John checked his weapons. His gear had, oddly enough, adapted to fit the environment. The M90 close combat shotgun was in his hands, but aside from that and his pistol, he didn't have anything else, except-
John paused, checking his belt, where his knife was normally sheathed. beside the combat knife, John found something else, a long cylinder, which he had recognized from numerous encounters previously with Covenant Elites.
John pulled the weapon off his belt and activated it. A double wedge of glowing white energy shot out from the cylinder, forming a plasma sword which the Master Chief had had to dodge all to often while facing the Covenant. The weapon could slice through reinforced Titanium-A plating and chop armored Marines in half.
In the dangerous, close quarters situation he knew he'd be facing in this round, the Master Chief was glad he had somehow been gifted with this weapon. He thumbed the device off and replaced it on his belt, but would not forget the plasma sword's place.
John pumped the action on his shotgun, and scanend the crowd. He spotted Cyan nearby, and thought he saw Sly slip off into the shadows. red was nowhere to be seen, but that didn't bother the Chief. He made his way across the area to Cyan, recalling how in wartime situations, it was always best to have someone watching your back....
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The Chief's shields are now working again.
New weapon!
Befitting the round location and one of the dreams of many Halo players to date, the Master Chief is armed with a Covenant Plasma Sword! This weapon is similar to a lightsaber in most respects, except it is handled more like a katal than a sword. For an image of the sword in action, look here: http://www.bungie.net/SlideShow.aspx?Path=/games/Halo&Slideshow=Screenshots&Slide=66
(That's an Elite holding the sword, but the Chief ields it in a very similar fashion)
Other than that, the Chief's got his shotgun, handgun, and grenades, as usual. _________________
The Cheeese pwns j00.
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Dareon 1.5% Margin of Error

Joined: 08 Jul 2002 Posts: 313 Location: Alaska, you fools! Stop being surprised!
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Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2004 1:04 pm Post subject: |
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Just a repost and clarification from a clarification of the drafting thread:
Status effects and retaliatory abilities, such as Counter and Sway Back, are not usable via private vote. Pre-emptive defense abilities, however, such as Element Barrier, are. |
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Lisa Pumpkin Queen

Joined: 03 Jul 2002 Posts: 1813 Location: Fa'Diel
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Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2004 1:16 pm Post subject: |
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Oh no you di'n't! - Dare
(Please note that Curley has asked us all to inflict major pain on him for his damage record XD) _________________
PUMPKIN POWER
Thanks for the lovely sig & avatar, Nif!
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Peptuck The Warthog...of DOOM!

Joined: 05 Nov 2003 Posts: 554 Location: On Halo and loving it
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Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2004 1:19 pm Post subject: |
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How do we handle chains with private voting? Do we just say that we chain off someone else's chain if they started one, or do the chains not work for this round? _________________
The Cheeese pwns j00. |
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CarlyCheeese Scarlet Rain Silence

Joined: 02 Jul 2002 Posts: 1155 Location: Koka-In Temple
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Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2004 1:21 pm Post subject: |
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It's technically possible to chain in p-votes, but you'd need a lot of communication to do it. ^_^; |
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Dareon 1.5% Margin of Error

Joined: 08 Jul 2002 Posts: 313 Location: Alaska, you fools! Stop being surprised!
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Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2004 1:27 pm Post subject: |
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READ THE RULES!
A) ALL votes and abilities must be private, except for A-votes from Twin Swords. That means NO status effects or counters this round.
B) CHAINS ARE NOT USABLE PRIVATELY! |
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Peptuck The Warthog...of DOOM!

Joined: 05 Nov 2003 Posts: 554 Location: On Halo and loving it
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Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2004 1:29 pm Post subject: |
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Oops. I'm stupid. *throws himself off cliff*  _________________
The Cheeese pwns j00. |
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Magus Mr. Thou

Joined: 28 Nov 2002 Posts: 418 Location: Mount Zozo
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Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2004 1:43 pm Post subject: |
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Cyan Garamonde – 3/1
Azure and Crimson (Redux)
“Cure”
Man and beast found themselves in yet another location. This time, however, Cyan hadn’t dreamt about anything – the pain he felt was real, as were the wounds we was trying to heal. Culex’s crimson gemstone blade had made a profound gash in his chest that several Cure spells weren’t able to completely heal.
“I can’t thank you enough for coming in my assistance, Sir Maduin. For a moment, I thought I was a goner.” Cyan coughed, leaning in the stone wall, clutching his hands in his chest.
“Worry not, Sir Cyan. You have helped my daughter to achieve true happiness and protecting you when you need my assistance is the least I can do.” Maduin replied, kneeling down to examine the azure knight’s wounds. Despite his bestial appearance, Maduin was known for being a gentle and caring Esper, as well as an honorable warrior. “Do you know where we are?”
The place he found himself in resembled Doma Castle in many ways, due to its oriental architecture – yet, something was strange there. As the rain poured from the dark sky, they heard incessant steps all around them – they had entered a small alley in order to recover and avoid the other contestants as well as the ‘locals’, that seemed to be somewhat upset with their presence here.
As usual, the silence was interrupted by a loud groan coming from the other side of the wall, followed by curses and a gunshot, and from the paper covered wall came a black clad man that almost hit the Samurai as he flew out of the house.
“Take that, you backstabbing pansy!” came a familiar voice from within. Cyan raised his eyebrows as the steps got closer and slowly got up and reached for his sword. Maduin tried to stop his ally from getting into trouble again, but Cyan was determined to teach a thing or two to the youth that approached them.
“Young lad, I’m afraid that your reckless attitude shall be tamed by my sword. Get ready, for I will show no mercy until you have proven to me that you are a true warrior!” The azure knight said as the leapt towards the spiky haired teen – after casting a Haste and preparing a Safe spell for the battle that ensued.
“How did that being knew about us?”
“I don’t know, Larry.”
“I think we should take action soon. His body is slowly dying.”
“I agree. Soon, when a good opportunity presents itself to us.”
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Cyan Garamonde - Viscerotonic
Staus Undisclosed _________________
"I am Cyan, retainer to the King of Doma.
I am your worst nightmare..." |
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CarlyCheeese Scarlet Rain Silence

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Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2004 2:22 pm Post subject: |
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Hisame Shizumaru - 3:1
Urashima Keitaro was not having fun.
Already in the last five minutes, he'd stepped into a foot trap, nearly gotten hit with a spray of arrows shooting out an inch in front of his face, had to dodge a small rain of throwing stars aimed straight for his head, tangled in sheer wire, been caught in a fisherman's net, caught his shirt on fire, but for all the luck that Keitaro lacked in the world, he still had a little bit left to - you know - not be dead yet. Timidly, he tried to make his way through the halls, trying as best as he could to make light of the situation - so he was wearing a bright smile as his foot plunged down onto a hidden trap in the floor, and in another instant, he was hanging by a foot tied to a rope.
... Nope, he still wasn't having fun.
Keitaro tugged at the rope to try and get his foot out of its sling, but it was like a twisted Chinese finger trap; the harder he tried to get out of the situation, the tighter the rope became. Finally, he groaned, and hung in the air for a while, hoping that the rope wouldn't break and make him fall on another trap. Though he'd been hanging there for a while when Shizumaru finally passed by, he was still immensely wary of anything coming near him - especially if they had a lot of weapons with them.
Shizumaru had swords.
Keitaro panicked.
The panic, though, didn't stretch too far. He nearly jumped out of his skin when Shizumaru turned to head toward him, intending to cut him loose from the rope - but it turned into a different sort of panic when he saw the samurai stepping on the very blocks that he was. "Wait - waaait, don't step on that you'll get hit and - whoa."
"Oro?" Shizumaru looked behind him - noticing a barrage of arrows suddenly stuck into the side of the wall. "Oh - I've had worse, believe me," he rubbed the back of his head. "I think I got hit with an... orgasm, I believe it was - double meanings are awfully strange - on the back of the head. I don't need another bout of amnesia, heh!"
"... Orgasm?" Keitaro blinked. "... How'd you manage that?"
"I dunno... I didn't see it coming," Shizumaru shrugged. "Would you like some help in getting down from there? You don't look like you want to stay tied up forever."
"I don't know..." Keitaro moaned. "I might be better off stuck like this, if what happened earlier's any warning. I really don't have much of a knack for things like this..."
"I ought to help you a bit with that, then," Shizumaru unsheathed his nodachi, and lightly swiped it across the rope that held Keitaro fast. Keitaro slammed his eyes shut, thinking he was about to fall on the floor, but he never did - Shizumaru was holding the end of the severed rope in his hands rather nonchalantly, as he slid the sword back in its proper sheath. Carefully, he let Keitaro down to the floor (in fact, it was rather that he let go by mistake, but for the purposes of authoring, Keitaro had a gentle fall), and knelt down beside him. "I don't suppose you know quite how to handle this sort of area, hm?" he asked.
"Well, I, er... that is to say, I mean, I think I maybe - no," Keitaro shook his head. "I can't manage around here! Everywhere I turn something's there to kill me! I could tap the wall right here and I bet you something would come out to smack me!" he flung his hand to the side, about to demonstrate, noticing how Shizumaru backed away instinctively. "... Why'd you do that?"
"I'm not sure you ought to have done that," Shizumaru frowned. "Look at your feet..."
Keitaro did so, and his eyes nearly burst of their sockets - except for where he was sitting and where his feet were lying, the floor had dropped out from under him completely. "AAAH! Help me help me you see I can't do this," he moaned. "Please! I don't wanna lose my head..."
"I don't have much trouble with that," Shizumaru smiled, reaching for the rope still on Keitaro's foot again and pulling him to relative safety. "You might be able to learn something to be able to watch out for yourself, as well - watch and see how I go about things, and it'll help."
"Yeah, I... I figured as much," Keitaro laughed nervously. "You're not one of the ninjas who lives here, are you? If you are - "
"If I were a ninja, you wouldn't have seen me at all," he laughed. "I've known a few over the years. Just stay behind me and I'll make sure you're alright, hm?"
"Yeah - okay, I can do that," Keitaro nodded furiously, jumping close behind Shizumaru - about clinging onto his back. "I'll be okay... I'll be okay..."
"... Not that close," Shizumaru backed his head away.
"Sorry," Keitaro slid off his back with nervous laughter.
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<Mimzit> HAY GUYS
<Watts> hey Mim
<Watts> I'm sexier than your merchant D;
<Mimzit> it's not my fault the girls always look like they're pregnant >|
<Mimzit> anyway
<Mimzit> those weird sprites ever log in again?
<Watts> haven't seen them o.O
<Watts> why?
<Mimzit> rofl
<Mimzit> no reason
<Mimzit> but I got a frying pan from a magnolia
<Mimzit> and a broom from one of those witch things at gh
<Mimzit> and I was like... 'TAKE OVER THE WORLD HUHU'
<Mimzit> but I didn't have any pumpkins so it didn't feel right :\
<Watts> ... you're weird
<Mimzit> I'm sexier than you though ;o
<Watts> no ;_;
<Mimzit> >E _________________
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Helmar Brilliant Reflection

Joined: 23 May 2004 Posts: 38
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Nova and Asuka dodged around the corner, continuing their all-out dash as they heard a flurry of tch behind them – the sound of dozens of shuriken hitting the wall. Their cautious pace had been quickly abandoned as a swarm of ninja had surrounded them, then given chase. Even with the Eternity Eight and Nova’s energy barrier, there wasn’t much guarantee that they would be able to block every throw…and after the fight at the chapel, neither was running at full power.
Nova suddenly grabbed Asuka’s arm and threw herself to the side. Instead of slamming into the wall, it turned out that the ‘wall’ was actually a window covered by paper. They fell several stories as Nova and Asuka both kicked in their levitation abilities, all the while glancing upwards to see if the ninja had followed them yet. Asuka slid another window open, and they ducked inside a room.
Sugoi… Nova thought as she glanced around the room. Though small, the room was stacked floor to ceiling with wooden shelves…on which rested large piles of weaponry and assorted gear. Asuka busied himself with looking over the weapons, while Nova uncorked several jars to determine their contents. Noting that they smelled somewhat akin to blueglow moss, a healing plant native to Cephiro, she dabbed one finger into a jar and salved it over a wound. Nova almost grinned as the wound immediately stopped stinging.
She tossed a jar over to Asuka, and then took a look around the rest of the room, making a few preparations…
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Nova opened the door, and peered out into the hallway. Nodding silently to Asuka she stepped out of the room, now sans armor and wearing a hood and scarf over her hair. She looked down at her dual-bladed sword, taken up in favor of her usual brilliant energy blades.
Maybe this time they’d be able to avoid attention…
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Nova and Asuka have found the Item Room from Tenchu. Nova now carries two Healing Potions, two Poison Antidotes, and a use of Blinding Dust in her gem. Nova is currently wearing Ninja Camouflage.
Nova Shido - TwinSword _________________ Embracing the Light and Shadow
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Seril Eternity Eight

Joined: 29 Apr 2004 Posts: 135 Location: Lost Ground
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Asuka looked around the room. Finding what he sought, he took off his coat (Later, a woman in the audience was heard saying "OMG HAWT!"), and slipped into basic ninja clothing. Mokona quickly lept on top of the coat, her gem flashing, and suddenly the coat was gone.
Asuka looked through the weapon racks. There isn't much here I'm proficient with... My Eternity Eight would generate too much attention if used as a sword. However, that thought ended as soon as he layed his eyes upon a small leather bag. Upon opening, it revealed multiple shuriken. Taking that bag and a few more, he attatched them to his ninja belt. I always was good at skipping rocks. Kind of like shuriken, I suppose.
Now ready, Asuka followed Nova outside the room. Once they were both outside, Mokona followed - only now in -Ninja Garb!- Asuka boggled for a second, then whispered to Nova, "How exactly did it find those clothes?"
Nova simply shrugged, stiffled a laugh, and motioned in a direction. Going that way, Asuka and Mokona followed.
"puu puu puu puu"
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Asuka now has ninja clothes. As well, he is carrying three bags of ninja shuriken, and one bag of gunpowder.
As well, the greatest horror on earth has been released:
NINJA MOKONA _________________
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Bud Pumpkin King

Joined: 01 Jul 2002 Posts: 1450 Location: luz
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"What were all those ninjas doing here!?" Bud shouted. He and Lisa grabbed a chair to barricade the door. Bud turned to Guri and pointed at the chair. "Slave! Sit here so they can't get in!"
Guri was shocked. "Are you calling me fat?!"
Lisa pointed her finger at Guri's back and fired a small shock spell. The goblin shot into the air and landed on the chair. "That should keep them out for a while," she laughed.
Bud sighed with relief. "What're we gonna do about those guys, Lisa?"
"Hmm...this kitchen seems pretty stocked. I don't see any pumpkins around, though." She browsed through the sacks and crates in the room looking for different ingredients to use. "We could use a lot of this to make potions!"
Bud scratched his head. "Potions...for what?"
Lisa hit Bud with her broom. "We can use them for explosives. If you paid attention in Chemistry you'd know that!" The tiny mage leaned over to Bud and grabbed his item bag. "We'll have to use our extra elemental coins, though."
"I'll just...um...assist," Bud said, "and tubby over there can be our test subject!" |
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Procyon Raccoon Master Thief

Joined: 05 Jul 2003 Posts: 210 Location: Socorro, NM
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Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2004 3:14 pm Post subject: 1-2 |
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Eyes fully adjusted to the blackness now, Sly gazed across the landscape. Despite the rain and the lack of sun or moon, thanks to his acute raccoon vision, Sly was able to see his surroundings practically as clear as day.
A sign of motion in the empty battlefield near the front gate of the castle caught Sly's eye, and he gazed intently in that direction. Not far away on the open plains, a dark figure carefully picked among the corpses sprawled on the ground. Very humanlike in gait, but somehow... different: his skin was very dark (even darker than Ralph's) while his hair was the color of bone.
Sly readied his binocucom. May as well try this new feature out - Sly pointed the device at the figure and peered through the lenses. A slightly magnified version of the scene presented itself, this time with a large text window hovering above the figure's head:
Drizzt Do'urden
Elfus bishius drowus
Likes melancholic music and rainy days.
Sly lowered the binocucom and rapped it a few times against his knuckle. That was all it had to say? The raccoon rolled his eyes and returned to peering at the target through the magnification lenses. Drizzt was searching throughout the battlefield, but before too long appeared to find what he was looking for, as he pulled up a large wooden long bow and carefully slung it across his shoulder. As he pulled his arms in, though, Sly caught a faint twinkle flashing from his side, and the thief immediately extended the binocucom to maximum zoom to inspect. The firelight from the battlements had clearly glanced off of some sort of ornate, curved sword. Actually, the... elfus... appeared to be decked out in all manner of fancy equipment - armor, bracers, the works. Valuable stuff.
Sly grinned to himself, stuck the binocucom back in his pack, and began creeping through the mud toward the humanlike being.
He didn't get very far.
"I see you there, creature." Drizzt stood up and turned to face him
Sly froze. How had he been spotted? It was so dark, and -
"I know not what you are or your motives, but begone before I decide to use you for target practice. You are hardly the only one who can see in the dark here - you would be well advised to seek out easier prey."
Sly snapped his fingers quietly in annoyance and stood up.
"Hey, don't mind me - just your friendly neighborhood raccoon." Sly shrugged.
"Yet you stand on two legs and talk... what a bizarre world you must come from."
"Well, there's no place like home. Anyway, just out for a little stroll here. Ta-ta..." Sly wheeled around 180 degrees on one foot and headed back in the other direction. Behind him, Drizzt scowled and returned to his business.
From the safety of some nearby bushes, Sly watched him carefully approach the castle and, disappear around its corner. If indeed he could see in the dark, it would be better to find him somewhere a little more enclosed. Either way, though, this heist might finally be one worth the Cooper name... _________________
Description 1: Police Dossier
Description 2: The Thievius Raccoonus Online
Chapter 0: Return to Paris 0-1 0-2
Chapter 1: Seas of Peril 1-1 1-2 1-3 1-4 1-5 1-6 1-7
Chapter 2: A Grim Gothic Game 2-1 2-2 2-3 2-4 2-5 2-7 2-8 2-9
Chapter 3: Battle of the Blackness 3-1 3-2 3-3 3-4 3-5 3-6 3-7
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JSG died for your sins

Joined: 01 Jul 2002 Posts: 1047 Location: everywhere
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The area, everything about reminded Nabeshin of that time, the time when he was undergoing his Chuunin exam fight long ago. However many years it may have been, the man remembered everything so vividly, as if it only just happened. The wind was blowing about in the arena, his afro dancing in the rough breeze as he faced his opponent from the hidden Sound village, both fighters boasting a serious, no-nonsense look in their eyes.
"And now, in the final match of the Hidden Leaf vs. the Hidden Sound, the spry Nabeshin is representing the leaf, and the power Big Joe the Sound!" the announcer's voice boomed over the entire stadium before signalling the beginning of the fight.
Joe's green hair was flailing in the breeze, the metal headband of the Sound village not helping at all, as he rubbed his chin, much like he does before every match. Nabeshin reached into his afro with his right hand and quickly flung it straight back out, sending four kunai flying at his foe. Rolling out of the way with his pink cape shielding him, Big Joe managed to dodge the blows before standing upright in a smug pose. He raised his arms with his palms faced upwards, and motioned a sort of "come here" with each hand, signalling the crowd to cheer wildly and throw beer cans and tomatoes at the man with the afro.
It didn't do much direcly, but it managed to distract Nabeshin for a bit so Big Joe could run up and deliver a quick karate chop to Nabeshin's neck, sending the man flying into the wall. Now knowing that the crowd was on Big Joe's side, Nabeshin had to step it up a notch with a chained sickle he kept in his 'fro. Jumping from behind the few trees lining that wall, the man landed gracefully on the dirt, dropping to one knee and spinning the chained blade around professionally, inspiring awe even in the most hostile of the audience.
Big Joe knew these fancy show-offy tricks weren't just for, well, showing off - Nabeshin was deadly with this weapon and he knew it. And just as he expected, Nabeshin flawlessly moved from spinning the blade about to lashing out so fluidly that most people didn't even know how he did it - but Joe did, and he dodged by jumping up. Nabeshin quickly pulled back on the chain and the blade came flying in his, and Joe's, direction. Joe flattened himself horizontally in the air so the blade passed right underneath him before he flipped over quickly to land on his feet and kick Nabeshin in the face.
He wasn't able to, however, because Nabeshin knew what Joe was planning, and was already a step ahead of him, he let go of the chain and tumbled back, his legs pulled to his chin, before kicking upwards at where Big Joe was going to hit him - but he missed. Joe had planned that Nabeshin had planned that Joe had planned that Nabeshin had planned to hit him like that, so he only pretended to kick out, but before his leg extended and the momentum pulled him forward, he swung down with both his hands to the ground - where Nabeshin USED to be. Nabeshin had pre-empted Joe once again, using the momentum of his legs to roll back instead of kick - he had planned to all along.
Upon getting to one knee from the roll, Nabeshin reached into his afro and threw two circular blades out at Big Joe, but missed because Joe knew he would do that and ducked down when he hit the ground, his legs poised to pounce at Nabeshin as soon as the blades passed, and so he did. Nabeshin did the exact same thing, and the two met in the middle, both catching the others' hands with their own, both going for the attack instantly. Joe went for a knee to the stomach, and Nabeshin decided to use the utter power of his afro in a fierce headbutt. Nabeshin jumped up at the last second to avoid the knee while Joe, who also knew exactly what his opponent would do, slid down between where Nabeshin's legs were before he jumped, and Nabeshin flipped over Big Joe, both getting to their feet at the same time, their backs facing each other.
Both of them turned quickly to their own right and used the momentum to throw a kunai at the other combatant, but both of the kunai met in the middle and stopped each other, sending them flipping high over it's throwers' head. This was only a feint, however, a distraction on both parts to give them a chance to kick the other competitor in the face, but their legs met in the middle. The pose of the two fighters, their left leg extended up high, was very dramatic, and against the sunset, it only enhanced it. They stayed that way for about five seconds to allow for photo-opportunities before resuming their battle.
Both fighters pushed off the other's leg to spin in the other direction and hit with their right leg, and both met in the middle once more, but being slightly airborne this time, both fell to the ground, caught themselves, and pushed up with their hands to do very fancy flips away from each other, landing on one knee with their arms extended back, facing in opposite directions. Both fighters brought their hands in front of them, doing fancy arm motions, and both yelled at the same time.
"KAGE BUSHIN NO JUTSU!"
And in an instant, there were one-hundred Nabeshin's accompanying the original, all facing Big Joe with their hands cupped behind them, and all screamed in unison. "NA...!" Pause. "BE! ... HA! ... ME! ... HAAAAAA!!!!!!" And then one hundred beams of blue light shot out at Big Joe.
They were intercepted right in the middle when Big Joe did a similar technique, all one-hundred copies of him standing with their side facing Nabeshin, arm extended and palm flat. "BIG! BANG!" they shouted as a similar beam, only yellow, shot from each of them, the explosion in the middle filling the stadium and much of the surrounding area with dust.
When the dust cleared, both fighters were laying unconscious on the ground.
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Yes, this place was familiar to him, it reminded him of that time, when he fought Big Joe for the seventy-sixth time, and the seventy-sixth draw between them. Nabeshin walked around with his hands in the pockets of his light colored pants, reminiscing. He couldn't help it in a place so similar. _________________
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Moogle Chased by destiny

Joined: 28 Dec 2003 Posts: 120 Location: Maryland, USA
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Not only was his strange tendency to attract all kinds of different weirdos to him something that Keitaro was used to, but it was more than just that. It was also one of the basic tenets that he had come to found his existence upon. Were it to suddenly no longer be the case, he would be left adrift in a stormy sea without even that shoddy life preserver to cling to.
Shizumaru was certainly one such weirdo. In fact, he reminded Keitaro a lot of Seta in the way that he was oblivious to things that were going on around him, and made it seem effortless as he dodged the things that various traps he activated sent flying at him.
"You still with me, part-timer?" Keitaro heard Shizumaru say as he looked back for a moment to make sure the clumsy companion was still there.
"What?" That made him stop dead in his tracks. How could Shizumaru know Seta's nickname for him?
"I said," Shizumaru repeated, "you still with me, partner?"
"Oh." His shoulders slumped and he became aware that he'd been tensed up without even knowing at the time. 'Wasn't this supposed to be a vacation? I'm going to have to give that Ralph a piece of my mind.' Interplanar talent scout! As though there was really something worth scouting about Keitaro Urashima. He couldn't even stand still without activating some kind of deadly trap in this horrible place.
Click.
A held up hand from Shizumaru indicated to him that something troublesome had just happened. Not just that, but the fighter had his umbrella - Wait a minute, he fights with an UMBRELLA? - ready in a battle stance.
"What just--" Keitaro began, but that same held up hand gestured sharply and he cut off.
"Don't move."
"I wasn't moving!"
"Well, you just triggered a trap."
"But I was standing still!"
Shizumaru shrugged. "I guess your luck is just that bad."
Having the other man verbalize his own thought from moments earlier caused Keitaro to fall straight to the floor. There was another, softer click and a hail of arrows shot out of a panel in the wall and flew inches above his prone body, thunking menacingly into the opposite wall. Keitaro just whimpered.
Even Shizumaru seemed slightly surprised. "Okay, now we know your luck is that bad."
"I already--" The hand gesture cut him off again.
"Do you hear that?"
"No, what are you--"
But then Keitaro did hear it. A slow rumbling that seemed to be coming from far off, a rumbling that started to shake the floor. He could feel it particularly well since he was laying right on the floor.
"We need to get out of here. Get up."
"Wait! Where are you going?! Don't leave me here!"
The rumbling was getting louder and it was shaking the floor more and more.
"Move, you idiot! It's coming!" The half-demon performed a flatfooted jump and propelled himself up into the rafters.
Mere moments after he was off the ground, the wall to the left of where he was standing exploded outward, and a gigantic boulder rolled through that hole and crashed into the opposite wall, shaking the entire floor even harder than it was doing before.
Leaping to his feet, Keitaro stared in disbelief. "No way!" he exclaimed. "Where did it come from?" 'Well, at least it's staying put.'
Then it started to roll. Not just roll, but roll towards him. Apparently, the hallway was constructed on such a subtle decline that it could generate the necessary momentum for the huge boulder... and Keitaro, having triggered the trap while standing still, and then falling over immediately after triggering it, was in the sucker's spot.
"EEEEEEEEEEEE!" he screamed at the top of his lungs and spun as the floor started to shake again.
Then he dashed down the hallway at the fastest speed he could possibly muster - not too shabby, considering how much running away Keitaro had needed to do in his time.
"I'M NOT INDIANA JONES!" he wailed, fists pumping, legs striding their maximum length faster than Keitaro knew he could run.
It was one of the most inspired escapes Keitaro ever pulled off. He sprinted through the hallway and dodged every single trap that he had triggered previously, making it look effortless (were anyone watching, at least.) Up ahead of him he saw one of the traps he'd set off before, that caused a large hole to open up in the floor, and realized that he was going to have to jump it.
There was no choice. The boulder was bearing in on him from behind. It was causing the entire floor below him to quake. He could barely keep his footing. And the chasm was only a few steps away.
'No time to think!' he thought.
Three steps.
'Almost there!'
Two steps.
'Here goes!'
One step.
He leapt the leap of faith.
Time seemed to slow down for him as he soared through the air, not in an uncontrollable spiral like he usually did, but gracefully as part of a running jump that he planned to make. Underneath him (not that he was looking) the pit passed bit by bit. His speed and trajectory, he could see even as he moved, were enough that he was going to make it.
Then he looked up and saw Tama-chan floating in the space he was going to occupy in a mere moment. And between her front flippers she was holding a... frying pan?
He only had time to see it before his face slammed into it, abruptly halting his forward and upward momentum with a metallic thud. Suddenly, reality and gravity caught up to him and he fell towards the floor.
He stretched out his hands to grab the far lip of the pit as he fell, but only his fingertips brushed against it on the way down, not enough for him to hang on and pull himself up. He plummeted into the dark tunnel and tumbled through it to another part of the castle.
Somewhere else, he exploded through a wall much like the boulder had done for him, except this was just a room, and he was actually sore, unlike the giant rock.
More pressing, though, was the apparent ninja in front of him, a big, stupid-looking man who hefted a large stone fish in each hand, clearly wielding them as weapons.
"GENBU SMASH!" the brute cried, advancing menacingly towards Keitaro.
Keitaro rubbed his aching head and sighed. "Oh, boy."
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Keitaro Urashima
Musculotonic
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AsylumXKP ...Back again

Joined: 02 Jul 2002 Posts: 633 Location: Still Drunk!
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Episode 3 - A blind man walks by a sushi bar, takes a whiff, and says "Good morning ladies!"
Conker was standing on the dark rooftop in the rain. Next to him was a large pillar of flames that swayed from the light wind. He wiped his nose, then put both hands in his hoody pocket.
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A ninja was running through the rooftops, his two toed shoes pattering against the rooftop and sword drawn.
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"I think this is the first round I've been to in all my tournaments that was placed in the night!" Conker realized. "Wait, that can't be right... Let's see... Science place... Underwater... Future city... Dungeon... Dragons... Theater..."
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The ninja was still running, his sword raised as he neared it's target.
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"Elves, Clouds, Valhalla... I wonder how that valkyrie's doing?" Conker wondered.
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The ninja prepared to swing to kill it's target, this being the red fuzzy demon protecting the castle. Stupid Ghoda defenders. They would be killed for summoning red fuzzy demons. He was but a mere yard from his kill, when he slipped on a puddle and fell on his ass. He skidded past Conker, yelling.
"Holy shit! You mean great dishonor! I hate you puddle! IIIIIEEEEEE!" was subtitled. He slid past the nonchalant squirrel and fell off the roof.
"Ninjas?" asked Conker.
"Hai." said a ninja approaching Conker.
"Great. I'm in a round FULL of ninjas." Conker pulled out his katana and motioned the ninja towards him.
"You will die!" said Conker in Japanese.
"I am the divine fist!" said the ninja, preparing his sword. The ninja rushed Conker, but slipped on another puddle.
"I HATE YOU! DOWN I GO! IIIIEEEEEE!"
Conker laughed. "What a tosser!" Conker walked carefully to an overhang that was free of rain.
"When in rome..." Conker pulled out his briefcase. One Rambo inspired theme later, Conker was fully decked out back again in his matrix clothes, with a black T-shirt tied around his head to make a black mask.
"Ha!" Conker flung out both arms, and moved his eyes left and right rapidly to mimic a ninja. He tip toed through the rooftop, making various ninja noises he's seen in martial arts flicks.
"The ninja must be silent... And deadly... For it is their honor!" said Conker in a mock narrator voice. Cockily he swung his sword around once, twice, three times, then fell on his ass during the fourth and fell off the roof.
"F@#$!"
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NINJA CONKER! He'll be using his katana for most of the round, using a frying pan for stealth attacks, and going around trying his best to act like a ninja, even speaking in horrible Japanese he's learned from various sources like hentai. _________________
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Baka ~chu~bap~!

Joined: 02 Jul 2002 Posts: 1430 Location: Here Be Dragons
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So.. a castle infested by ninja, eh? Hoo, this should be funnn...
Sora zipped through the hallways of the palace, his stride almost gleeful in these circumstances. A palace.. and somewhere in here, cute japanese women. Speaking of which.. where did Nova-chan go? He hadn't seen her all day - and he still hadn't managed to get her member address!
For a second, Sora contemplated giving up on her - maybe calling BT or Mistral, or one of his other ladies.. course, BT would sell him out and Mistral was loopy - but they were both so cute! Sora did a happy twirl as he sauntered down a corridor, and waltzed round a corner - into a guard. Without breaking his quickstep, he jumped - a high level ability in The World, I might add - and in one swift movement, his blade landed in his opponent's back, dropping them.
But the thrill wasn't in it as usual. Killing NPCs was never as fun as killing player characters... or toying with them. Where WAS nekochan? As long as she wasn't with him... with Red, or maybe with that Asuka guy... no, no chance of that. That wouldn't happen, would it? He had his sights on her now - Sora loved the challenge of the hunt, and he wasn't going to let that go now he had the scent..
/msg Nova hi, where are you?
No response. These strange servers Ralph had taken him to were weird. They didn't act like normal. Any normal server.. /msg, /join.. and above all.. heh. Once again he was reminded of Tsukasa. Strange kid, but there was something compelling about him. Sora didn't know why, but even to his adolescent mind, Tsukasa was someone to follow. Like Nova!
"Aaah, Nova-chan.. where have you got to? Why do you hide from Sooora? Chuchu.. so unfair.." _________________
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Lisa Pumpkin Queen

Joined: 03 Jul 2002 Posts: 1813 Location: Fa'Diel
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"Test subject? I don't like the sound of that," Guri said aloud. "AND I AM NOT TUBBY!"
"Quiet, slave, it doesn't matter what you like." Bud peered at a bottle he'd gotten from a shelf. "Hmmm....wasabi....I wonder what this does. Well, only one way to find out." He tossed it into his bag with the rest of the ingredients he and Lisa were gathering.
Ginger, vinegar, various oils, alcoholic beverages, cleaning solvents, a wide variety of herbs and odd liquids....all went into their bags as they ransacked the castle kitchen in search of anything they could find. Guri watched them rummage around, whispering to each other with devious expressions on their small mages, with a sense of growing anxiety in the pit of his stomach. Whatever they were up to, he wanted no part of it. Unless it would restore his power and bishounen form, that is. But he wasn't about to bank on that happening, knowing them.
"Bud, I don't think any more stuff will fit," Lisa called as she debated whether or not to keep the jar of brine or the bottle vanilla extract. She finally decided on the brine, tossing the vanilla over her shoulder at Guri. It landed on the chair he was sitting in, shattering between his legs.
"Yeah, I've got a ton of stuff too. Let's start cooking." Bud rubbed his hands together eagerly.
"I'll get the fire going." Dragging her bag over to the large fireplace, Lisa took out a flute and played a Cheerful Song on it. The logs sitting in there instantly burst into flame. "We'll need a cauldron, Bud, with some water in it."
"Got it." Bud had located a medium-size cauldron, and dragged it over after using an Undine harp to fill it with some water.
"What should we put in it first?" Bud asked, peering into the cauldron.
"Hand me a Salamando coin." Bud did so, and Lisa dropped it into the water, watching it sizzle. "And....some wasabi powder too. Thanks." Lisa opened up the wasabi powder and shook a rather large amount of it out. "Let's see here....salt....spam....oh, Bud, do you have any rum?"
"I might, lemme check."
"C-could I h-have some rum?" Guri asked, his teeth chattering not from cold, but from fear. They ignored him as Bud located a bottle of rum and poured some in. Guri gulped as they oohed and ahhed over the smoke that arose from the cauldron.
"And for the finishing touch....maple syrup!" Lisa produced a bottle of syrup with a dramatic flourish and squirted a liberal amount into the already frothing, bubbling mixture. Guri paled as yet more smoke curled upwards from the cauldron. It looked more than a little ominous.
"Ready to partake of our concoction, slave?" Bud asked, smirking, as he filled a glass with the vile brew they had prepared. Whatever blood was left in Guri's face by now drained away as he saw the top of the glass melt away slightly.
"Uh....can't we rethink this?" Guri gulped as Bud and Lisa advanced on him, wearing identical evil grins, and bearing their freshly-brewed potion. "I mean, we don't have to....there's no need for....I didn't mean what I....AUGH NO NO NO DON'T DO THIS TO ME I SWEAR I'LL EVEN CALL YOU BUD AND LISA! SEE? SEE?!"
"Too late, slave." Bud proceeded to force the potion down Guri's throat. Which was actually quite easy to do, seeing as the goblin's mouth was already wide open. His "NOOOO"s of terror became "*glugglug*"s of....well, something. Yeah. Anyway, once the glass was empty, Bud and Lisa stepped back a safe distance away to see what was going to happen.
At first, nothing happened. Guri just sat there, trembling, his jaws tightly shut, and his eyes bulging out with horror and disgust. Bud and Lisa looked at each other, confused, wondering if they'd messed something up.
Then Guri opened his mouth, and a small jet of flame spurted forth. Then, what sounded like an atomic explosion took place in his pants, sending him flying straight upwards into the ceiling. His head crashed against the stone, then he fell back down into the chair, breaking it, looking dazed and out of it.
"...." Bud and Lisa exchanged a slightly alarmed look.
"That can't be good." Bud swallowed. "Someone might have heard that."
"Yeah, and what about Guri?" Lisa pointed to the goblin. "We can't have him spitting fire at us!"
"I know an antidote for that....but we'll have to make it quick." Bud cast a frantic glance around at the assembled ingredients. "Help me, Lisa! Get another cauldron and fill it with water - we can't use the other one, as it might have residue left in it even if we poured it out, and that'd mess things up."
"Right!" Lisa levitated another cauldron over to the still-crackling fire, and used Bud's Undine flute to fill it. "Now what?"
"Undine coin!" Bud tossed one in. "We'll need some Holy Water too, you have some, right?"
"Yeah, just a second." Lisa rummaged in her bag and pulled out a half-filled bottle of Holy Water. "This enough?"
"Yeah, just dump it in!" Bud grabbed a container of mint and threw several leaves in. "Now we just need some powdered sugar...."
"Got it!" Lisa ripped open a bag of powdered sugar and dumped some of it in. "Do we need to stir it?"
"Yeah, stir it well, and hurry!" Bud glanced at the door nervously.
"Don't rush me, Bud!" Lisa grabbed a wooden spoon and began frantically stirring the mixture.
"Lisa, someone could burst in any minute!"
"I know, I know....here, it's done, take some over!" Lisa filled a tall glass with the gently shimmering potion and shoved it into Bud's hands.
"Thanks, Lisa!" Bud ran over to where Guri was still out of it, and forced the goblin's mouth open. Leaning out of the way of the fire that shot out, he poured the antidote down his throat. It sizzled a bit as it went down, but it worked - Guri's jaw hung slack afterwards, yet nary a spark came from it.
"Come on, Bud, let's go now!" Lisa looked frightened. "I think I hear footsteps!" She raised her broom and pointed it at Guri, floating him over to her.
"Right behind you, Lisa!" Bud ran forward and pushed the door open so Lisa and Guri could get out of the door, then followed as they hurried down the dimly-lit hall.
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Should anyone be interested, there's a cauldronful of Bud and Lisa's fiery concoction sitting around in the kitchen, as well as the antidote.  |
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Baka ~chu~bap~!

Joined: 02 Jul 2002 Posts: 1430 Location: Here Be Dragons
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Revan could feel a disturbance in the force, like someone was calling to him across space...
Elsewhere:
/msg Revan JEDI! JEDI! I love Star Wars omg Darth Vador is so kewl! _________________
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Procyon Raccoon Master Thief

Joined: 05 Jul 2003 Posts: 210 Location: Socorro, NM
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Unfortunately, before Sly could have a chance to follow the mysterious "elfus" towards the castle, the battle camp behind him had come alive as a rush of soldiers charged at the castle walls, swords and bows drawn. Hmph - he would have to find another way in.
Right on cue, a faint blue sparkle in the corner of his eye caught Sly's attention, and he turned his around to see a familiar sparkling aura hovering amongst the bushes not far off. Silently, he crept over the forest floor in that direction to investigate. There was hardly anything special there, it seemed - but raccoon thieving sense never failed him!
Sly took his cane and knocked at the ground beneath him - and indeed, there was a hollow sound. And, scraping away the soil, he quickly uncovered a wooden trapdoor imbedded in the soil. Eyes narrowed, he pried open the doorway...
Unfortunately, it was locked from the inside. Disappointed, Sly silently dropped the hatch back to its resting position and began to scrape the soil back over it, but at just that moment he heard the sounds of footsteps underground, and barely had time to activate his invisibility as a team of about five black-clad human ninjas came silently out through the entrance. This was his opportunity - as the last ninja prepared the door, Sly crept (as fast as he could without breaking the invisibility effect - which was, unfortunately, extremely slow) into the passageway, ducking inside just as the door slammed down above his head.
In here, unfortunately, it was too dark even for his night vision, and Sly had to be content to feel his way through the earthen tunnel by touch. Fortunately, it made a beeline towards the castle, and progress was swift - before long, he reached a doorway, from which a small shaft of light shone in from between the boards. Sly pressed himself against the door to get a look inside.
"How you get in here, hm? You Azuma spy?!"
"Ye.. no... y.. NO! I'm not a spy, I swear!" An awkward-looking teenager sat, bound to a chair with thick ropes as a rather... hefty man wielding a pair of fishes (of all things) looked on menacingly.
"Then how you know we find this entrance?"
"I didn't mean to!" The kid seemed almost on the verge of crying. "Just let me go!"
Just moments later, though, Sly heard behind him the distinct sound of the hatch opening again. Trying to crouch out of sight, Sly faded from visibility as the man reached the door and opened it, stepping into the room just behind him as the door closed.
"Lord Genbu!" the ninja reported. "We have located another way in near the Azuma emb-"
"Shhh!", the bulky man hissed. "Can you not see there is spy!"
The ninja nodded. "My apologies. Other room, then?"
"One second." Genbu grabbed an extra cord of rope and tied it around the young man's legs, binding him to the chair even more tightly with a sadistic tug. "Now we talk."
The two of them left the room.
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Description 1: Police Dossier
Description 2: The Thievius Raccoonus Online
Chapter 0: Return to Paris 0-1 0-2
Chapter 1: Seas of Peril 1-1 1-2 1-3 1-4 1-5 1-6 1-7
Chapter 2: A Grim Gothic Game 2-1 2-2 2-3 2-4 2-5 2-7 2-8 2-9
Chapter 3: Battle of the Blackness 3-1 3-2 3-3 3-4 3-5 3-6 3-7
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CarlyCheeese Scarlet Rain Silence

Joined: 02 Jul 2002 Posts: 1155 Location: Koka-In Temple
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Hisame Shizumaru - 3:2
Shizumaru kicked off from the rafters, falling into a flip in mid-air and landing on his feet gracefully. Perhaps he really ought to have had Keitaro hold onto his back after all - knowing him, he'd fall into a hundred more traps like that just by batting an eyelash. The redhead brushed himself off, making sure he had his umbrella, and continued his way through the castle, walking straight through almost all of the traps (not so much that he was lucky to run past them all, more of that he could dodge whatever came particularly easily). There didn't seem to be terribly much going on, besides the Genbu beast that had flung itself after Keitaro - and while ninja, naturally, were pretty quiet, the castle itself seemed too silent, especially considering the participants of the tournament were about... something Shizumaru knew from experience didn't tend to be a quiet matter.
His sandals were quiet on the floor, as he weaved through the hallways, not sure what there was to be doing - before, he'd nearly always had someone with him keeping the mood lively, but now... nothing. He smiled, thinking of what someone like Gohan would be trying to pull in such a location - nothing less than mischief. Setting off traps on purpose, chattering about the state of the castle ("It's so dirty! Really, you'd think with how organized the ninja are, that they'd be able to get at least one maid for the place... 'tcha!"), looking for someone to fight... she was a geisha, after all; if a place wasn't lively with her around, then it was probably a sign of the end of the world. It made him smile to think of what kind of commentary she would have - not only about the state of the castle, but about how set the traps had been, probably something about how the musky air was bad for her skin, humming a song, complaining about the smell -
... the smell?
Shizumaru stopped for a moment (a flurry of arrows shot out of the wall behind him; he hadn't even noticed), and sniffed the air, smelling what was definitely fire and smoke. He ran to the corner of the hall, and he had to rub his eyes to see if what he was really looking at was right - the smoke was a bright neon orange. With a raised eyebrow, he opened his umbrella to block the smoke, and looked into the room (a kitchen, for all intents and purposes), where a cauldron was jiggling across the table, bubbling and boiling, with a purple flame shooting up from it. The sight of it confused him - what sort of ninjas created poison like that? His common sense stopped him from looking straight into the stuff, but he surmised pretty quickly that it hadn't been the ninjas who had created the potion.
A moment later, Shizumaru got his answer as to who had made it, when Bud came scrambling into the room, followed right by Lisa, and a few seconds later, Guri, who was panting and moaning pitifully. "Stop... stop..." he gasped for air, collapsing on the floor. "... can't... run... without... Nikes..."
"Oh, you be quiet," Lisa hit him on the head with her broom - but then decided to try and fan him off with it. "Did you find it yet, Bud - oh no," she dropped the broom, now looking a bit scared, seeing as how she had just noticed Shizumaru looking down at the potion bemusedly. "Shizumaru! Er - we, we didn't make that stuff, really, we swear! It was all Guri's fault, really; he saw this wah-sah-bee stuff and he just had to throw it in the cauldron. ... You didn't taste it, did you?" Lisa's eyes grew small and her skin paled, as she dashed around the table and held up the antidote for Shizumaru. "I'm sorry! We have the antidote and we know it works 'cause we tried it on Guri and ohh are you okay?"
"I'm fine," Shizumaru laughed. "I smelled something strange and I figured that whatever's in the cauldron was causing it - I'm not going to give you a lecture or anything."
"Whew, that's good," Bud wiped his forehead from nervous sweat. " - oh! I found it, Lisa! I found my pan. Thank goodness," he hugged it, rocking from side to side. "Can't dominate the world without this baby, nuh-uh."
Both the twins happily smiled, grateful that they'd gotten out of a punishment - but they were confused when they saw Shizumaru digging through baskets, looking for... well, whatever he was looking for. "Shizumaru? What're you tryin' to find?" they asked, walking over to where he was.
"Food. I'm starved," Shizumaru laughed. "I knew a ninja a while back, so I know what kind of stuff they keep in their stores... it's a lot better than what I get to eat, most of the time. About the best I can do is cook a fish."
"Fish, huh?" Bud and Lisa looked at each other, smirking. "I wonder how that potion would work on a fish..."
After uncovering another straw basket - and having found exactly the fish he was looking for - Shizumaru easily picked it up and dropped it on his other side, flopping down onto the floor and placing his umbrella to the side, motioning to the twins to sit down with him. "Lisa-chan - you wouldn't mind starting another little fire, would you? Just so long as you don't let it get out of hand, it'll be easy to use for this."
"Sure," she smiled, bringing out her flute with a flourish, and after piping out a few notes, a little fire sprang up in the floor in their little circle. A moment later, Bud had his own flute out, and his notes sprang up a dirt pile from the floor to surround the fire, containing it safely. "Ooh, this is gonna be good! Here..." Lisa rummaged into her pouch of items, and brought out a bottle of violet something, "... I just remembered I had some bellgrape juice here. It's so good! You should have some, I think, Shizumaru," she smiled, holding out the bottle as he speared a fish on one of the straw weaves from the basket.
"I've got springanana and pine 'o clock," Bud reached into his own bag and pulled out his stash of drinks. "Wish we had some citrisquid, though..."
"I might have some," Lisa dug around in her pouch again, pulling out all sorts of random objects to try and find it. "Guri! Do you have any citrisquid with you - if you haven't gone and drank it all already?" she sneered at the goblin - who responded with a groan, fanning his face. "Ooh, here it is," she smiled, bringing it out and assorting it next to the others.
The twins happily went on about their favorite drinks, while Shizumaru wore a wistful smile as he held the fish into the flame - letting his mind travel to fond memories.
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I call a party in the kitchen, plz. >D _________________
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Moogle Chased by destiny

Joined: 28 Dec 2003 Posts: 120 Location: Maryland, USA
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Keitaro sat in the chair and stared at the wall. It was a rather nice wall, as far as Japanese castles from the samurai era went, but it would not have been his first choice on things to look at under normal circumstances. He was not in normal circumstances, however, having come far across time and reality as he knew it for some tournament with a bunch of people who were way out of his league. Well, that was the general problem, but the more specific problem was that he was tied down to the old wooden chair so hard that he could do little more than breathe and stare straight ahead. His arms were tied behind his back and his legs were tied to the chair. And perhaps the worst part was that he couldn't even say it was the first time it had happened to him.
"Hsst!"
He thought he heard something, but darting his eyes around the room to what little he could see in the flickering torchlight, he did not see anything. He must have been imagining things, which always had a tendency to happen to him under the aforementioned abnormal circumstances. As they often did when he had an idle moment, his thoughts turned towards Naru, how happy he would be to see her when he finally got back--
"Hsst!"
There was that sound again. It sounded like it was coming from over there...
"Hello?" he asked the room.
"Quiet!" the voice whispered harshly. "Do you want fish-fists out there to hear you?"
A head shake was the reply.
"Good. Who the hell are you, and what are you doing here?"
Keitaro Urashima, he mouthed.
"You're competing?"
Keitaro nodded.
"You look a little... helpless." the voice said, then he saw movement out of the corner of his eye, and something walked out of the shadows.
He continued looking around for the source of the voice. Then he heard it again, grumbling softly. "I bet there's not even any money in this for me." The voice was coming from the figure that just walked out of the shadows. That was not so weird until he stopped to consider that the figure that just walked out of the shadows was a raccoon.
Of all of the weird sights he'd seen in his life, talking animals did not number among them - Tama-chan didn't count, she couldn't talk, or at least, couldn't be understood by anyone other than Mutsumi. So preoccupied was he with the talking raccoon that he didn't even stop to angst over having to choose between Mutsumi and Naru, let alone being all by himself without any of them nearby.
Keitaro resisted the urge to have his eyes bug out of his head and scream loudly. He wasn't that much of an idiot. Instead he just stared openly at the raccoon.
"Sly Cooper, at your service," the raccoon whispered. Sly padded over to where Keitaro was imprisoned and began gnawing at the ropes that bound his hands. "World's greatest thief," he added between bites.
"Oh," Keitaro deadpanned, as though he should have known that all along. "Why save me?"
"I need a new diversion."
"What?"
"A diversion. The guy who gets the cops to be five miles away from the real target. You know, a diversion." With one more tug, he pulled away the last piece of rope that held together Keitaro's hands.
Immediately, Keitaro flung his arms about to restore the blood circulation. Being tied that tightly hurt a lot. At least he hadn't tried to struggle or he probably would have rubbed the skin of his wrists raw and bloody.
"So you get me out of here and I make a diversion for you?"
"That's pretty much it, yes."
"What are you going to steal?"
"Everything I can possibly steal."
Keitaro was going to say "oh" again, but at that moment the door flung open and Genbu strode in and grabbed up Sly with a meaty fist.
"Now there two spy, see!"
Sly struggled for a moment before he realized it was fruitless. He looked at Keitaro apologetically.
Keitaro simply rolled his eyes. Well, at least now he had some company.
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Kyo Little Faith

Joined: 01 Jul 2002 Posts: 447 Location: Indefinite
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Succession Attempt #3 - Batsu
"There she is!"
"Don't be afraid, she doesn't have weapons like the others!"
"Don't let her escape!"
The experience of this was somewhat surreal, Akira surmised as she sped across one of the castle rooftops and leaped to an adjacent roof, making a quick glance back and retracting it to evade a volley of throwing daggers in her immediate trajectory. She hadn't turned quickly enough, however--the last one scored a small cut across her cheek that immediately began to bleed. Ignoring the minor twinge of discomfort, the young martial artist kept up her breakneck pace and leapt to another rooftop. She could still heal the faint pat of footsteps behind her, and she was certain that if she could get a proper look behind her there would be several ninja to greet her. After the ludicrous things she had seen so far, hordes of ninja didn't seem like much of a suprise--she recalled how much Daigo loved to talk about them--but that didn't change how dangerous her current situation was. She paused for a split second to gauge her distance to the next rooftop, and took to the air yet again.
Suddenly, her ears were ringing with the sound of the air around her being ripped apart, and her body instinctively twisted to the side to avoid a long metal chain that had sought to halt her progress in midair. Her eyes flashed to follow the sound, and saw the chain blast right by her midsection--the weight on the end intended to slam into her backside glittering in the moonlight. She followed the length of entwined metal to its wielder--someone clad in form-fitting blue armor on the ground with a strange helmet. She had time to notice that the other side of his chain sported a sickle before the man caused a flicker on the chain already past her, and the weight dropped at her again.
Unable to change her course of movement a second time, Akira let out a small gasp as the weight crashed into her solar plexus and brought her crashing two stories down with minimal effort. However, she was smart enough to push through the shock and make a brief roll to the side to avoid the oncoming rain of daggers that accompanied her fall. Her eyes flashed again, and she could make out about 6 figures closing in from behind--
The air whistled around her, and she was forced to dodge yet again as the weight of the chain exploded through the stone wall she had been pressing herself against a moment ago. The armored figure retracted it with a flash, but Akira was done with staying on the defensive. The young biker broke into a full sprint, tucking her arms behind her as she blazed at the armored man at top speed. Her ears proved to be a valuable detection meter again as she shifted her sprint to the right side just a little, causing the oncoming flurry of daggers from the ninja behind her to come flying at her target instead. The armored man seemed not to move or even care about the incoming threat, but when the daggers were inches from his face the chain around him flickered and knocked them aside as though they were an afterthought.
I almost didn't see those movements... But Akira wasn't daunted. She tucked in her abadomen as she closed the final few meters from the strange armored man, her stomach still smarting from the previous blow. Her ears had picked up no signal from the ninja that she assumed were behind her at all; perhaps they weren't going to interfere after almost hitting their comrade. She did hear the air around her screaming, however--a signal that was in synch with what her eyes were telling her as she saw the man's chain coil up like a serpent. And as her extensive training came into play, she was able to see the tragectory of where the heavy weight was going--the warrior had aimed it at her left thigh, going for an incapacitory strike, Her movements adjusted accordingly, but she could still feel the chain burn past her leg as she advanced--Still not quite fast enough--and got into melee range. She already could see that sickle unwinding for a vertical strike against her body--her training against Daigo and her battle against Kurow had definitely paid off.
But for what? Right now, I'm fighting to stay alive. This person likely had his own motive to battle decided for him--or because he simply enjoys to fight. Why can't it be that simple for me?
Her mind had no definite answers, but her subconsious responded in a different degree. Her reflexes snapped in as her footwork drastically changed from a sprint to a sidestepping--strafing motion around the sickle. Her body wove that momentum into a diagonal kick against his blind spot as she had done so many times in the past. This was her Senshuubu chain of attack, one of her greatest tools against people that took melee initative, and it worked perfectly as her boot slammed into the man's armor and knocked him off balance; the impact causing a noticable dent. Utilizing her sudden advantage, she lashed out with two similar kicks to the man's back as he was temporarily off the ground, sending him spinning to the floor.
However, she hadn't expected him to land on his feet, and thus was caught completely off-guard for what happened next. The chain snaked around her feet and bound her legs together before she could even move out of the makeshift trap the man had laid, and control over her body was completely lost as the man pulled her off the ground and swung her around him. Akira frantically struggled to find some way out of her bindings, but that thought was completely shattered when the man slammed her body horizontally into the stone wall. Pure agony scored its way through the young girl's back, and her head was left ringing with the explosive blast to its back. Her vision swam before her eyes, but she managed to retain consiousness and get to her feet--the impact had also disloged the chain. She could taste copper in the back of her mouth, and the pain wracking her back shoulders and spine confirmed that she was not bleeding from just her mouth.
The armored figure regarded her for a moment, and then launched the weighted part of the chain at her again. This time, Akira's reaction time and movements were both sluggish, and the blow to her head had rendered her unable to supplement her perception with hearing. As a result, she took the weight directly in the solar plexus again, and blood escaped her lips as she crashed to the ground. She was out of breath as she was adrenaline, and her vision was fading quickly. However, her mind was active with another train of thought.
This is... my limit? I'm not sure... but I think I was stronger before. Why? What am I missing? What does he have, that I'm lacking? I have to...
A vicious kick to the gut ensured that she would think on such things for no longer. She caught brief whispers mentioning spies and imprisonment and torture, but they made little sense to her as she slipped into oblivion. _________________
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Helmar Brilliant Reflection

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As Nova and Asuka turned a corner, Mokona paused for a second.
"Puu," Mokona said, giving a brief nod towards the hovering figure.
"Myuh."
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Nova, Asuka, and Mokona have been joined by Tama-chan.
Not that anyone other than Mokona has noticed. _________________ Embracing the Light and Shadow

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AsylumXKP ...Back again

Joined: 02 Jul 2002 Posts: 633 Location: Still Drunk!
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"Way to go Sly." said Keitaro, tied up.
"Hmph." replied Sly Cooper, also tied up.
"Ha! I suppose we should interogate these spies." said Genbu to the ninja. "Before we get another spy to tie up!" Genbu laughed. As if by fate, Conker fell through the ceiling and landed on the ninja.
"F@#$ing cheap architecture..." said Conker as he rubbed his head. He looked up and saw Genbu, ready to hit Conker with his fish. Conker scrambled up to attention and saluted.
"Ninja Conkeru report for the duty sir!" said Conker in poor Japanese.
"... Aren't you a little short to be a ninja?" said Genbu, eying Conker.
"In respectful manner, I am short person, uhh... offend not!"
Genbu removed Conker's mask quickly.
"WHAT THE-- SQUIRREL?"
Conker gulped as he was whacked with one of the fish.
A short time later.
"HA! Three spies! We're three for three now!" said Genbu. He looked at the three tied up. The hench ninja was still rubbing his head from when Conker landed on him.
"Great, who's going to try to save me next, a talking walrus?"
"Shut up." said Conker and Sly. Suddenly the walls broke open and out came a walrus, rolling on the ground.
"I do say, this is quite confusing." said the walrus in a British accent. Genbu whacked him on the head and tied him up.
"NOBODY SAY ANYTHING ELSE!" yelled Genbu. He put a palm to his forehead and cursed in Japanese.
"Namu, watch these spies for me... I'm going to get myself something to drink... Something strong."
"Hai!" said the ninja.
"Since you're up, I'll take a scotch if you don't mind." said Conker.
"SHUT UP!" Genbu massaged his temples.
Out of the floor popped out a cat in a bowler and a monocle.
"HAM!" stated the cat. Genbu smashed Catsby's head in with raging fury.
"AAAAAAAAAAAARGH!" of course in his blood filled cry he didn't see a flaming Poshul run by. _________________
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Helmar Brilliant Reflection

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They peered into the room, seeing several ninja and a large brute advancing towards three tied-up figures, holding…two stone fish? Regardless of the ornaments’ prior use, they probably doubled as clubs quite nicely. Nova looked at the figures; in a short row sat Keitaro, a raccoon, a walrus, and a squirrel. Nova looked at Asuka with a raised eyebrow. Asuka pointed towards Mokona, signaling for a previously made plan.
Nova nodded, and removed an item from her gem. She watched as Asuka counted down with his fingers, then the three of them burst into action. Nova leapt out of the doorway, dashing towards the brute’s right, Asuka to his left, with Mokona flanking them.
Mokona suddenly launched himself from the ground and flew towards the brute, shouting “PUU!” The brute turned, slamming one fish in front of him as he shouted “Genbu SMASH!”
Time seemed to slow as Mokona landed on the fish in mid-swing then continued on to somersault over Genbu’s head. As Genbu turned Nova threw the pouch of Blinding Powder at his face, causing him to instantly collapse to his knees trying to remove the irritant from his eyes. Nova gave him a swift kick in the stomach, knocking him out.
A ninja lunged to grab Keitaro but only managed to knock him down as the ninja’s face met a frying pan. Asuka dashed past Genbu, lobbing a handful of shuriken at the remaining ninja on either side of Keitaro.
Sly stood up, brushing himself up. “Doesn’t shouting out ‘sneak attack’ defeat the entire purpose of the exercise?”
“Seemed to work well enough.” Asuka shrugged as he walked over to where the ninja had fallen, making sure they wouldn’t be getting back up. “And you would be…?”
“The world's greatest thief, Sly Cooper.” Sly replied as he idly checked Genbu over for anything of value.
“I…see…”
“Have we met before?” Keitaro asked as Nova helped him up.
Nova blushed a little. “Ah…on the deck of the Thames, I think. Sorry again for the landing.”
“Fine. Ignore me. Ninja are supposed to be stealthy anyways.” Conker said, looking at Asuka and Nova. Conker turned to Genbu, 'ensuring' that Genbu wouldn't be waking up anytime soon.
“No problem. I’m used to things like that happening.” Keitaro said glumly. “Anyway, do you mind if I stick by you guys for a while? I mean, I know we’re supposed to be competing against each other, but I seem to have the worst luck with the traps around here…”
Nova looked to Asuka, who only shrugged. “Don’t see any reason why not. With the number of people running around here, we could always use the help. How about you Sly?”
Sly thought for a moment about how quickly the two had taken out Genbu and the ninja…and grinned as he thought how he could put further distractions to rather lucrative use. “Sounds good to me.”
Nova looked at the squirrel. “And you are…?”
“Conker the squirrel, savior of worlds, pleased meet’cha!” Conker said as he rapidly shook Nova’s hand.
Keitaro just sighed. This could be a very, very long day…
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No one noticed as the burning Poshul bounced off the walrus, igniting him as well.
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The group wandered the lower levels of the castle for a bit, avoiding the largest groups of ninja. Asuka thought it was rather quiet, actually. Even if he could swear some of the paintings and vases they passed seemed to disappe-
“Do you guys hear that?” Asuka asked, looking around.
The others could hear something, sounding like armor clinking. They paused at a doorway, listening to a deep baritone mention something about torture.
The group didn’t even pause for a signal as the burst into the room. An armored figure stood over a prone woman, motioning to several ninja to take her away.
“Crimson Lightning!”
“Eternity Eight!”
“Flying Frying Pan!”
“Um…Heavy Slash?”
The bolt of lightning struck the armored figure, staggering him. The Eternity Eight (as well as a cooking implement) struck the ninja, knocking them out. Sly rolled into the room, grabbed the unconscious woman, and rolled back out.
No one was quite sure if it was due to the weapon or the lightning, but Keitaro’s swing at least managed to topple the armored figure.
Quickly checking the room for any other threats, the group quickly moved on.
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Asuka carried the woman’s form gently, trying not to jostle her too much. Nova levitated a foot above the floor, keeping pace with Asuka as she dabbed healing ointment on the woman’s wounds.
“She should be okay, as long as she has a few minutes to recover.” Nova said, checking Akira over once more.
“Erg! What’s that smell?” Sly said, wrinkling his nose in distaste. “Seems to be coming from that door.”
The group crept towards the door. All they could hear were two voices talking back and forth. Asuka stepped to the side, letting the others take point.
Conker, Nova, Sly, and Keitaro paused, blinking at the sight of the room. Nova saw that a goblin, two children, and Shizumaru were sitting around an impromptu fire.
Keitaro sweatdropped. “Erm, hello?” _________________ Embracing the Light and Shadow
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Seril Eternity Eight

Joined: 29 Apr 2004 Posts: 135 Location: Lost Ground
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"Welcome." Shizumaru smiled at the newcomers. "We seem to have quite a gathering here. Come in, and be sure not to trip the arrow trap two steps ahead of you."
Everyone cautiously stepped over the obvious 'hidden' pannel. Well, everyone except for Keitaro. He tripped over Conker's foot, and subcequently slammed into the pannel. Seeing this, Nova grabbed his arm and pulled back as fast as she could. Two flaming arrows shot out of an opened slot in the wall, just barely nicking Keitaro.
"Uh, thanks." Keitaro muttered in an apologetic tone to Nova.
Nodding, Nova moved over to where Shizumaru, Bud, Lisa, and Guri were, with Asuka and Keitaro in tow. Conker ignored the company gathered by the fireplace and dived into a nearby pile of buckers and boxes in search of booze. Sly began examining the room for anything valuable that wasn't nailed down to the floor.
THUMP
Asuka set the woman's body down on one of the tables, and found some cloth to keep her warm.
Asuka and Nova waved to Shizumaru, then turned to the twins. "Greetings! My name is Asuka, and this is Nova. The unfortunate fellow other there would be..."Asuka turned to Keitaro.
"Keitaro."
THUMP
Asuka nodded, and turned his attention back to the twins, "I didn't expect children to be in this tournament as well."
Bud shrugged, "My name is Bud, and her's is Lisa. Our slave over there is named Guri."
THUMP
Now over by the cauldron, Conker dragged over a box and stood on top of it, taking a sniff. "UGH! What died in here, a walrus?"
Lisa grinned to Bud, "No, not really. Want to try it? It'll increase your, uh, strength tenfold!"
"I'll pass."
Shizumaru frowned slightly at the twins, and began to form a reply until...
THUMP
"Does anyone else hear that?"
Suddenly, the figure of Genbu appeared in the doorway. He surveyed the room, a grin crawling onto his face, "Many MANY spies! Genbu is pleased!" Wielding his fish, he crashed through the doorway. Then, he stopped. Sniffing at the air, Genbu stared at the pot. Then at the empty rum bottle. Then at the pot. Then at the empty rum bottle. "DA HOOOOOOOCH!"
Genbu made a mad rush for the cauldron. "My precious rum!" Taking the pot in both hands, he said, "I'LL THUMP YOU ALL ONCE I SAVE DA HOOCH!" Then, he downed it. He downed all of the 'potion'.
Bud and Lisa stared at Genbu expectantly, while everyone else simply stopped and stared at him quizzically. Then, something happened. Genbu's eyes ran with tears, "DEAR LORD! MY HEAD IS A RIVER OF BLOO-" Poor Genbu never got a chance to finish what he was saying, as his arse turned into a gigantic rocket, propelling him through the celing of the entire castle and out of it.
"Yeah. Like I said, I'll pass." _________________

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Coin Huh?

Joined: 07 Jul 2003 Posts: 473 Location: Gotham City
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Dark and raining. Perfect for the Dark Knight.
Whoosh... THUCK!
The air fizzled as a fire arrow was released, target Batman. He dodged to one side, and the arrow slammed into the wall behind him. Batman shot his grappling hook to the top of the wall, and leapt to the top. Running on the top of the wall, he shot his grappling hook again, the hook catching on to the tree where the ninja had shot the arrow.
Jumping off the high wall, Batman swung to the tree, dodging another arrow while in midair. He landed on the branch below the ninja, who jumped out of sight to another tree. Turning on his night vision, Batman quickly followed. The ninja was surprised that the strange man could see him, quickly throwing a couple of shurikens. Batman jumped, grabbing the branch above him with two hands. The shurikens missed, embedding themselves in the tree behind.
Swining himself onto the branch above, Batman released two of his own batarangs. The ninja dodged the first batarang, but the second cut off the handle of the sword tied to his back. He was weaponless.
Batman balanced well on the branch, as he ran towards the ninja. He came in with a strong right hook, which the ninja dodged downwards. The ninja quickly countered with an attempted sweep, but Batman gripped the branch above and lifted up his feet. Swinging, the Dark Knight kicked the ninja square in the chest. The assasin was pushed off the branch, but did a somersault and landed safely on the ground. Batman leapt off too, and accomplished the same feat.
This time the ninja was on the offensive. He jumped in with a flying side kick, which Batman blocked with one kevlar protected arm. With his other hand, he grabbed the leg and slammed the ninja hard into the ground. Batman quickly knocked the ninja out with two punches to the face.
Getting up, the Dark Knight went out again into the darkness.
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Once again, as a fallen i'll be giving an r-vote to the first person who includes Batman in his/her post! _________________
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Lisa Pumpkin Queen

Joined: 03 Jul 2002 Posts: 1813 Location: Fa'Diel
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"Darn." Lisa frowned. "There go all our explosives." She stuck a finger in the antidote and swirled it around. "Heh, that guy doesn't even know about this stuff."
"It's okay, we'll make more, Lisa." Bud patted her shoulder.
"Just don't ever, EVER test it out on me again," Guri mumbled. Bud and Lisa smirked at him.
"Ah, Lisa-chan? What is that stuff there?" Shizumaru pointed to the antidote.
"This? It's the antidote to what that guy drank," Lisa replied cheerfully. "The only way to cure the effects."
If one looked closely enough, one might have been able to see sweatdrops on the other occupants of the room.
"DAMMIT!" Conker kicked an empty box. "Where the hell is the rum?!"
"Sorry, the rum's gone," Lisa replied.
"WHAT?! Why is the rum gone?!"
"We used it all to make that potion." Lisa shrugged.
"....But why is the rum gone?!" Conker wailed.
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FnordFromAbove Isn't she cute?

Joined: 14 Apr 2004 Posts: 79 Location: Passing you...on the right
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As the large group of contestants stood in the room, a blue go-kart burst in through the door. Their heads turned as one to watch as Paratroopa threw a shell through one of the walls, creating his own exit, and as the kart whizzed past, Toadette waved. As quickly as they had appeared, they were gone. The group looked at the hole for another moment, then shook their heads and went back to what they were doing.
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Procyon Raccoon Master Thief

Joined: 05 Jul 2003 Posts: 210 Location: Socorro, NM
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Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2004 8:21 pm Post subject: 3-4 |
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Ignoring the chaos around him as best he could, Sly scanned the room, looking for any valuables. Ugh, things were getting way too crowded for his tastes - help out one person and all of a sudden it was a party. Two's company, three's a crowd, and twelve... was just ridiculous. Nobody seemed to have anything decent on them, either.
On the other hand, a reasonably nice wallscroll hung from the wall, and with a quick motion Sly moved to unhook it and roll it up and inconspicuously -
"DAMMIT!" An empty rum bottle went soaring over Sly's head, shattering on the wall behind him in a shower of glass fragments.
"Watch it back there!" Sly shouted in return as he finished stowing the scroll in his bag.
"I'll do whatever I damn well..." Conker jumped up on the kitchen counter, opened up an overhead cabinet and started rummaging inside for anything alcoholic, dumping everything else onto the floor below him.
"Hey, we need that for the next batch!" Two children leapt up and grabbed Conker by both his arms, dragging him back to the ground. The orange squirrel struggled, kicking to break free of their grasp. "Can somebody help us out here?" one member of the pair cried.
Rolling his eyes, Sly proceeded to the nearby pantry. Nothing but foodstuffs - flour, salt... totally boring.
"I'll help out!" Keitaro cried and scrambled towards them... and, of course, managed in the process to plant his foot directly on top of a small glass bottle in the middle of the ejected pile from the cabinet that lay on its side, slipping backward and landing flat on his back just as Conker broke free from the childrens' hold. Reaching down to pick up a bottle of vanilla extract from off the floor, the squirrel muttered something irreverent and wandered out of the room.
"Hey, you!" one of the kids cried in Sly's direction.
"Me?"
"Yeah - will you bring me the baking soda? That stupid squirrel just dumped it all over the floor."
Sly grabbed a huge carton of baking soda and awkwardly carried it over to the pair of children.
"Ah, we're out of tomato paste too."
Sly sighed and carried an industrial-strength red-labeled tin in their direction.
"Um...." the boy continued... "Newt's eyes?"
"Newt's eyes?" Sly said incredulously. "There are no -" Sly swung open the pantry door... where a large wooden barrel emblazoned with the words "Newt's Eyes" stood prominently in front of him.
"OK, that was not there befo... hey, why am I running kitchen errands for you guys anyway?"
The two of them shrugged. "You're closest..."
"Oh, whatever." Sly dragged the barrel out of the cabinet and shoved it along the ground in their direction. "But that's enough from me."
"Actually, just one more thing - we really need..."
Sly buried his face in his hand. _________________
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